Article: Is your school ready for alternative assessment?

Assuming that you are convinced that you want to try alternative assessment in your school, are you really ready for it? How well-prepared is your school to implement this form of assessment, which requires teachers, administrators, students, and patrons to alter their views of student assessment and perform their various assessment roles rather differently? Failure to consider such questions could result in your taking a premature plunge into alternative assessment activities without having acquired the necessary know-how even to stay afloat. If your school is going to be comfortable riding these new assessment tides, it may be necessary for you to chart their currents ...

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